Measuring Personal Travel and Goods Movement

Measuring Personal Travel and Goods Movement
Author:
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309085993

TRB Special Report 277 - Measuring Personal Travel and Goods Movement recommends a series of actions the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) should take to render its flagship surveys -- the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) and the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) -- more effective in meeting the needs of a broad spectrum of data users. The report also recommends approaches BTS and its survey partners should adopt to develop more effective survey methods and address institutional issues affecting survey stability and quality. Report Summary published in the October-September 2004 issue of the TR News.

Cost-effective Performance Measures for Travel Time Delay, Variation, and Reliability

Cost-effective Performance Measures for Travel Time Delay, Variation, and Reliability
Author: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2008
Genre: Traffic congestion
ISBN: 0309117410

TRB¿s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 618: Cost-Effective Performance Measures for Travel Time Delay, Variation, and Reliability explores a framework and methods to predict, measure, and report travel time, delay, and reliability from a customer-oriented perspective.

Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Transportation Center
Publisher:
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2003
Genre:
ISBN:

A Transportation Research Program for Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Conserving Energy

A Transportation Research Program for Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Conserving Energy
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Study on Transportation Research Programs to Address Energy and Climate Change
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

TRB Special Report 299: A Transportation Research Program for Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Conserving Energy suggests that federal, state, and local policy makers need informed guidance about the effectiveness, costs, feasibility, and acceptability of transportation strategies to mitigate transportation greenhouse gas emissions and conserve energy and to adapt to climate change. The report covers strategies affecting travel and mode choice, models and decision tools, infrastructure investment options, and infrastructure construction, operation, and maintenance. The committee that prepared the report recommends beginning a research and development initiative by making a modest investment of 40 million to 45 million annually in the next surface transportation authorization that would be used to develop the best available guidance quickly on the basis of existing information and then begin to improve that guidance over time as new research is completed.